1. The Gophers can compete with the best teams in the country Despite losing both matches 3 sets to 1, the Gophers demonstrated that they could compete with the best teams in the country, in stretches. The Gophers were tied or ahead late in each of the 4 sets vs. #1 Texas. They jumped out […] READ MORE
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Get to Know Gophers Freshman Volleyball Player Lauren Crowl
Lauren Crowl is a 6’4” Opposite from Eagan, MN. She was a 5-year letter winner and 4-year All-Conference selection at Eastview (MN) High School. Lauren finished her high school career with 931 kills, 769 digs and 84 aces. As a senior, Lauren was named Metro Player of the Year, First Team All-State and a Third […] READ MORE
Get to Know Gopher Freshman Anna Wolf
Anna Wolf is a 6’4” Middle Blocker from River Falls, WI and Minnesota Select Volleyball Club. She led her high school team to a 138-12 record and 4 straight trips to the state tournament. In spite of an injury in her junior season and a shortened senior season, Anna finished her high school career with […] READ MORE
Top Hopkins (MN) recruit Amaya Battle on what it means to be a Gopher
Amaya Battle, a 5-foot-11 2022 guard from Hopkins (MN) High, committed to Minnesota in June. She is ranked as the third best senior in Minnesota by Prep Hoops and is the #37 player in the country, according to ESPN. Battle is part of a four player recruiting class of local talent that are ranked […] READ MORE
Get to know Gophers freshman volleyball player Skylar Gray
Skylar Gray is a 5’10” Libero/Defensive Specialist from Maple Grove, MN and Minnesota Select Volleyball Club. She finished her high school career as the schools leading scorer with more than 1,000 kills, 737 digs and 83 aces. Skylar was a four-time All-Conference selection and was named First-Team All-State as a senior. She was named to […] READ MORE
Gable Steveson’s path to a gold medal
Aug. 4, 2021: Minnesota’s own and 2021 NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion Gable Steveson officially begins his pursuit of a gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics Wednesday night. –> Follow @Tony Liebert on Twitter Gophers’ heavyweight wrestler Gable Steveson officially begins his pursuit of a gold medal in the men’s freestyle 125kg (275 pounds) event at […] READ MORE
Four Things That Must Happen for Gophers to Win the Volleyball National Title
Once again in 2021, the expectations are high for Hugh McCutheon’s Women’s Volleyball team. The Gophers reached the Final Four in 2015, 2016 and 2019, but have not yet captured an NCAA title. For a team to win a National Championship, a lot of things have to go right. Here are four things that must happen […] READ MORE
PODCAST: Kendal Shell & Nadine Babu talk about George Floyd, community involvement and much more!
With Minneapolis in the national spotlight, Nadine Babu brought in St. Louis Native Kendal Shell to discuss the past week in Minneapolis. The two discuss race, Kendal’s personal experience with recent protests and his story from his time at the U of M and MPD. PODCAST LINK: https://share.transistor.fm/s/b693f3f7 Video clips from the interview can be found […] READ MORE
GopherHole Podcast: Carly Thibault-DuDonis joins the podcast!
Just one week into her new role as Associate Head Coach for the Gophers Women’s Basketball team, Carly Thibault-DuDonis joins GopherHole’s Jared Hines to talk about recruiting, her family coaching tree and much more! Enjoy! Link to the podcast can be found here! You can follow Jared on Twitter! READ MORE
Super Bowl Lessons Learned for Next Season
Now that the dust has settled and Super Bowl LIV is a thing of the past, we can reflect on this spectacular contest. It was truly one of the great Super Bowl comebacks of recent times, as the Kansas City Chiefs came from behind, trailing 20-10 heading into the fourth quarter. That they managed to […] READ MORE